Amy Schumer's new comedy movie is shockingly awful
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But, sadly, you are going to be disappointed with "Snatched."
The movie, opening Friday, has such a dull and unoriginal story that even two comedy pros like Schumer and Hawn can't salvage it.
The two characters head off on an exotic vacation to Ecuador after Schumer's Emily gets dumped by her boyfriend and can't get anyone else to go with her on the trip besides her mom. While enjoying the all-inclusive hotel, Emily has a wild night out with a local guy, who takes her beyond the resort walls to experience how to really party in the country. The next day, Emily drags her mother on a day trip with the guy, which leads to them being kidnapped.
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Director Jonathan Levine ("The Wackness," "The Night Before") and screenwriter Katie Dippold (2016's "Ghostbusters") were obviously going for an edgy "mom-com," in which the men are idiots and a story of self-discovery is at the core (Emily helps Ecuadorian women form a human chain to take water from a well, which brings her to an aha moment). But what we get out of the ultimate product is a watered-down version of Schumer's shtick, well-known from her Comedy Central show and stand-up, and Hawn looking completely out of place the entire time.
I will give the movie a few positives: It has a tapeworm gag that is a solid gross-out comedy moment, and there's a brief subplot involving Ike Barinholtz's character trolling an FBI agent that's pretty great.
But there should have been a lot more to praise. File this one under wasted opportunity.
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